For English, and study of languages, a course in EFLU, Hyderabad is the best place. They also offer courses in Film Studies, though it is not equal to the courses in other film making institutes.

And yes, I too agree with your brother and @[83412:sb29] in agreeing that courses are varied and to the point in universities abroad. The courses in Lancaster University, and the creative writing course in Iowa University are worth taking a look.

But I feel that you should first do a reality check, and decide what it is that you are interested in. Given the response of your mother, you should take into consideration whether you will have a good support system given that making it big either in literature or in films will take a lot of time. Rest is upto you.

All the best!!!!

I am a newbie here, in fact I joined only today, but I found out that the most relevant discussion for me was this thread. I have joined a clerical job in a govt. organisation as soon as I completed my plus two. I have finished my graduation and post graduation through distance mode by 2007. Since then I have been pretty dormant on the academic front. I would like to know if such a huge gap in academics is going to be a deterrent for me. Its been ten years since I attended a formal classroom setting. Will this be taken as a negative??? Moreover I am afraid of the tagging of a government employee, which makes ppl generally assume that I have a lot of free time or that we do not work at office, which in my case is not true. And for my profile, I am not sure what would suit... A quick fix executive MBA or the two year course. Please advise me.